Interpreting the Remainder

Thea wanted to buy some pencil boxes for 2 dollars. She had 13 dollars. How many pencil boxes could she buy?

• 4 pencil boxes

• 5 pencil boxes

• 6 pencil boxes

• 7 pencil boxes

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Thea had 13 dollars to buy pencil boxes for 2 dollars each.

 
A division sentence would be 13 ÷ 2 = 6 r 1
How did you find the real life answer to be 6?

• add one to the quotient

• ignore the remainder and use only the quotient

• use the remainder as your solution

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Xio has 55 cards. He has card sheets that hold 9 cards each. How many card sheets will he need to hold his cards?

• 4 card sheets

• 5 card sheets

• 6 card sheets

• 7 card sheets

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Xio has 55 cards and card sheets that held 9 cards each. He needed 7 card sheets.

A division sentence would be 55 ÷ 9 = 6 r 1

How did you find the real life answer to be 7?

• add one to the quotient

• ignore the remainder and use only the quotient

• use the remainder as your solution

Tags

CCSS.7.EE.B.3

Julie has 22 wheels to use to make Lego go-karts. If each Lego go-kart needs 4 wheels, how many could she make?

• 3 Lego go-karts

• 4 Lego go-karts

• 5 Lego go-karts

• 6 Lego go-karts

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Julie has 22 wheels to make 4 Lego go-karts.

A division sentence would be 22 ÷ 4 = 5 r 2

How did you find the real life answer to be 5?

• add one to the quotient

• ignore the remainder and use only the quotient

• use the remainder as your solution

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.2

Stephen needs to bake for 33 students. How many 6 piece muffin tins will he need to help him bake the muffins?

• 6 muffin tins

• 7 muffin tins

• 8 muffin tins

• 9 muffin tins

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Stephen needed to bake for 33 students using muffin tins that held 6 muffins. He ended up using 6 muffin tins.

A division sentence would be 33 ÷ 6 = 5 r 3
How did you find the real life answer to be 6?

• add one to the quotient

• ingnore the remainder and use only the quotient

• use the remainder as your solution

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

Navya and her five friends buy two pizzas. Each pizza has 8 slices. They eat 2 slice each. How many pieces are left over?

• 2 slices left over

• 3 slices left over

• 4 slices left over

• 5 slices left over

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Navya and her five friends eat 12 pieces out of 16 pieces with 4 slices left over.

A division sentence would be 16 ÷ 6 = 2 r 4

How did you find the real life answer to be 4?

• add one to the quotient

• ignore the remainder and use only the quotient

• use the remainder as your solution

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6